נִמְרִים H5249
Nimrim; place in Moab, possibly meaning 'wholesome waters'
This place name appears in oracles of judgment against Moab, always in the phrase 'waters of Nimrim.' Isaiah and Jeremiah both lament its desolation. The location was likely in the Wadi Numeirah area at the southeastern end of the Dead Sea, though identification remains tentative. The name may connect to Arabic roots suggesting 'wholesome' or 'clear' water—making its drying up particularly tragic. Ancient sources like the Onomasticon reference a similar place name in the region.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Both prophets use identical phrasing in their Moab oracles. Isaiah 15:6 mourns: 'the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more.' Jeremiah 48:34 echoes this in his longer Moab prophecy, listing devastated locations culminating in Nimrim. The 'waters of Nimrim' evidently represented a known water source whose failure would spell disaster for the region—hence its use as a symbol of total desolation. The Septuagint and other ancient versions preserve the name with minor variations, confirming it as a recognized geographic feature. The prophetic convention of pairing place names with their characteristic features ('waters of Nimrim') emphasizes what made each location significant. 2×
AR["نِمْرِيمَ"]·ben["নিমরীমের", "নিম্রীমের"]·DE["[נמרים]"]·EN["Nimrim"]·FR["[נמרים]"]·heb["נמרים"]·HI["निमरीम-के", "निम्रीम-का"]·ID["Nimrim"]·IT["[נמרים]"]·jav["Nimrim"]·KO["님림의"]·PT["Nimrim"]·RU["Нимрима"]·ES["Nimrim"]·SW["Nimrimu", "ya-Nimrimu"]·TR["Nimrim'in"]·urd["نمریم-کا", "نمریم-کے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
נִמְרִים n.pr.loc. in Moab (cf. Sab. נמרן attrib. of Barḳm., DHMZMG xxix (1875), 592, v. also CISiv. No. 103, p. 169; مَآءٌ نَمِي��ٌ wholesome water Lane2853, also Wel.c.);—only מֵי נִמְרִים Is 15:6 Je 48:34; prob. = Βηνναμαρειμ LagOnom. 284, 33, in Wady Numêre at SE. end of Dead Sea, BuhlGeogr. 272.